Rim-locking device



Sept. 17, 1929. s. H. RAY

RIM LOCKING DEVICE Filed Nov. 4, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet Sept. 17, 1929. s. H. RAY

RIM LOCKING DEVICE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Nov. 4 1926 if W Jaak/zizi:- ,kf/z u e Z WEZ/$495565. 0g W CII Patented Sept. 17, 1929 UNITED STATES SAMUEL H. RAY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS RIM-LOCKING DEVICE' Application led November 4, 1926. Serial No. 146,071.

My invention relates to rim locking devices,

designed especially for use in connection with motor vehicle wheels to secure the wheel rims and tires in place; and the main object of my invention is the provision of ay novel key operated lug lock for securing the wheel rim against surreptitious removal and hence to prevent the theft of the tire. Y Another object of my invention is to provide a device off this character which will be ot a simple, efficient and durable construction, and which will be convenient in use and inexpensive to manufacture.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

rihe invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification and in which,

Fig. 1 represents a side elevational view of a motor vehicle showing my improved lug lock applied thereto Fig. 2 represents a. cross section on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 2 2 of. 1;

Fig. 3 reiliresents a top plan view of the l'ront or :tace of the device; l

'F si is a longitudinal section taken on the line 4 4@ of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 represents a plan view of the back or rear off the device and showing a fastening bolt in section;

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the back or rear of the lug body proper with the fastening bolt and enclosing cap removed; and

Fig. 7 represents a plan view of the inside Yface oi the inclosing cap.

The preferred form oit construction as illustrated in the accompanying drawings com- ]'nises a lug body 8 ot any suitable form and outline adapted to secure the ordinary deniountable rini 9, tire holding flange 10 and tire 11 in place in the usual way upon the wheel 12. rThe lug body 8 is provided with a central transverse opening 13 for the reception ot the usual fastening bolt 14 having a head end 15, embedded in or secured with a telly ring 16. At one side of the opening 13, said lug` body 8 is provi-ded with two spaced apart hinge knuckles 17 while at the opposite y 20 furnished with a locking bolt 21 adapted to be extended into the keeper opening 18. By preference, the lock 2O is secured to a plate 22 having flanges 23 through which suitable screw elements 211 are passed into the lug body. As best illustrated in Fig'. 41, the lock E20 is secured in such position that the end 25 oit' its key receiving barrel projectsbeyond the side ot the lug` body.

2G designates a nut which is screw threaded upon the end of the bolt 111 and against a seat 27 provided on the yside of the lug body. For inclosing the nut 26 I provide a cap 28 which is made at one end with a hinge knuckle 29 adapted to fit between the hinge knuckles 17 and to receive a connecting hinge pin 30. Said cap 28 is also made with a key-way 31 for the reception of the protruding end of the key-operated barrel as clearly shown in Fig. 4. rThe construction ot the inclosing cap- 28 also includes a tongue 82 which is adapted, when the cap is closed against the lug body, to enter the keeper opening 18; and. said tongue 32 is itsclil provided with a keeperopening 33 for the reception of the locking bolt 21.

From what has been said it will be evident. that in order to apply my improved locking device to the vehicle wheel, the cap must be unlocked from the lug body and swung into open position so that the lug body can be slipped upon the tie bolt 14 and the nut 26 applied. Thereupon the cap is closed and the lock manipulated so as to extend the locking bolt 21 into the tongue. By this arrangement, the wheel riin cannot be removed eX- cept by the party possessing the key which commands the lock incorporated in the locking device.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form oit construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit ot the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variationsV and modificat-ions as come Within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters i Patent is:

l. A rim locking device comprising a lug body and a hinged cap arranged to retain a securing device between them, said securing device including aylock mounted Within a socket provided on said lug and adapted to cooperate With a keeper in said cap,'said cap beinghinged to the lug body and serving to inclose the lock While permitting access thereto from the front of said lug7 substantially as described.

2. In combination a lug body, va cap for the lug body, means adapted to hold the lug body in placer, entering the lug body and held between the lng body and cap, said means including a key-operated locking device bolted on said lug body and a cooperating keeper on said cap receiving a tongue of said locking device, substantially as described.

3. A rim lookingdevice comprising a lug body having separate openings, one of said openings providing a Way for the passing of the shank of a tie bolt, the other of the said openings constituting a keeper opening; a cap arranged to co-operate with said body to inclose and retain the head of the tie bolt; a tongue on said cap enterable in said keeper opening; and means associated with said body adapted to be interlooked With said tongue, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my naine to this speeication.

SAMUEL II. RAY. 

